#pteropidae

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A Tribute to Avicii | early 2019 | SPEEDPAINT

Reposting some of my favorite paintings from the past year or so. This piece is rather personal to me, all info below the cut from the original description! 

Rest in peace, Tim. </3

“[April 20th, 2018], Tim Bergling, better known under his stage name, Avicii, passed away. I wrote about my feelings regarding this in detail last year, so I won't ramble on for too long, but after creating this, I feel liberated, I think this is what I needed to make to move on. This is one of my favorite pieces, deeply personal to me, and I hope the passion that went into it is visible. Here's to the man, I know he was perpetually and horribly stressed in life, so I hope he's finally at peace. Thought the Bismarck flying fox fit due to the angular white markings on its face, it's truly a beautiful animal. The background is inspired by his songs "The Days," "The Nights," and "Sunset Jesus." The composition of the piece is a reference to his logo: ◢ ◤”

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#2897 - Pteropus giganteus - Indian Flying-Fox

Also known as Pteropus medius, although the taxonomic nomenclature of the species has been confused for centuries, largely due to Linnaeus calling the Large Flying-Fox Vespertilio vampyrus back in the day, and various writers trying to update the binomials since then.

One of the largest bats in the world, with a 1.5m wingspan. Giganteus is well-earned.

Found across the Indian Subcontinent, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Tibet, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Its relationship with humans is complicated - variously culled as fruit-stealing vermin, treated as sacred, hunted for food or as medicine, and as a vector of Nipah Virus where they contaminate date palm sap that is being collected to drink.

Sexually mature after 18-24 months. After a gestation period of 140-150 days, the mother will carry the pup for the first few weeks of life, with weaning after about 5 months. Young bats learn to fly around 11 weeks of age. Enthusiastic providers of oral sex for females and males of their species. Good for them.

Kerala, India.